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i'm from janesville, wisconsin. know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> sure do. >> 10%. >> yeah. >> know what it was the day you guys came in? >> 8.5%. that's how it's going all around america. look -- >> you don't -- that's not how it's going. it's going down. >> frustration from thursday's debate, one that's shaking up the race. when the vice president was getting ready for it, he turned to congressman chris van hollen for preparation. the maryland democrat sat in for ryan in practice sessions with biden and he joins me now. welcome, congressman. >> piers, great to be with you. >> i'm always curious, if you're the guy who's being paul ryan for days on end, how do you feel watching the real thing happening without you? >> oh, that's a very good question. i'm right now going through sort of deprogramming, having played paul ryan for four days. look, i mean, you never know what's going to happen in one of these debates. the good news is the vice president just hit a home run and look, the one thing we knew was joe biden going in there, he's a fighter f
i'm from janesville, wisconsin. know what the unemployment rate in scranton is today? >> sure do. >> 10%. >> yeah. >> know what it was the day you guys came in? >> 8.5%. that's how it's going all around america. look -- >> you don't -- that's not how it's going. it's going down. >> frustration from thursday's debate, one that's shaking up the race. when the vice president was getting ready for it, he turned to congressman chris van hollen for...
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the vice president, the kochman from wisconsin. they are still up on the stage. i'm sure they are both pretty happy right now with their respective performances and based on everything i saw tonight, it looked like their respective supporters were pleased, unlike the first presidential debate when so many democrats were deeply disappointed. it looks like the supporters will be there for both sides. look, actually spending quality time together, bidens and ryans, families together, unlike the first presidential debate. soledad, watching what's going on. a little friendly aftersmath. we didn't necessarily see that before. we see some of the kids there up on the stage and sitting in that area, looking pretty happy. obviously very proud of his dad. >> sitting in the debate chair, and the audience applauding as family members spending a few moments on the stage. audience, of course, not allowed to applause, didn't make noise when the debate was going on and that was because of the absolute masterful moderating by martha raddatz. she was 100% in control. a lot of subst
the vice president, the kochman from wisconsin. they are still up on the stage. i'm sure they are both pretty happy right now with their respective performances and based on everything i saw tonight, it looked like their respective supporters were pleased, unlike the first presidential debate when so many democrats were deeply disappointed. it looks like the supporters will be there for both sides. look, actually spending quality time together, bidens and ryans, families together, unlike the...
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take wisconsin, take iowa, and the president's over the top. let's just say for the sake of argument he takes wisconsin but governor romney gets the state of iowa on election day. the president would still be at 265 with ohio and wisconsin, then he just needs five more. new hampshire would give him four so that's not big enough. but obama campaign increasingly thinks the latino vote in nevada would do it. that would put the president over the top there. if he didn't get nevada for some reason, the president's options would be colorado, virginia, new hampshire or florida. the president with an easier path. what about governor romney. let's leave this one blue. can governor romney get there if ohio is going blue. can romney get all the way to 270 when the president's already at 275. well, he would have to win florida, he would have to win virginia. then you're at 255, 254. he would have to win colorado. that would put him in play at 263. then from there, how does governor romney get over the top? he would if he won wisconsin, paul ryan's home sta
take wisconsin, take iowa, and the president's over the top. let's just say for the sake of argument he takes wisconsin but governor romney gets the state of iowa on election day. the president would still be at 265 with ohio and wisconsin, then he just needs five more. new hampshire would give him four so that's not big enough. but obama campaign increasingly thinks the latino vote in nevada would do it. that would put the president over the top there. if he didn't get nevada for some reason,...
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president spent third most time talking about the problems in the arab world for the congressman from wisconsin. number three, entitlements, such as medicare, social security. that's our team of timers actually scored it. unlike the last debate, what was also striking, how similar two candidates were to the time they devoted to key issues, not because they agreed, instead because for every punch, an equally sharp counterpunch. some examples, each different almost completely. but at times, around 5:00 each were nearly identical. same on foreign policy side on iran, again, disagreement, and again about equal time. 4:30 each. likewise on ending the war in afghanistan. the vice president and congressman ryan spoke for nearly the same length of time about 5:00. however, what they said could not be more different. like night and day. correspondents standing by with each side. stay with us. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and s
president spent third most time talking about the problems in the arab world for the congressman from wisconsin. number three, entitlements, such as medicare, social security. that's our team of timers actually scored it. unlike the last debate, what was also striking, how similar two candidates were to the time they devoted to key issues, not because they agreed, instead because for every punch, an equally sharp counterpunch. some examples, each different almost completely. but at times,...
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he's about to speak in madison, wisconsin. we're going to hear from him live this hour as he tries to recover. also, we'll hear live from mitt romney. he's now campaigning with new energy and momentum after his showing in the debate last night. plus, big bird thrust into campaign politics and on the defensive. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> only 33 days to election and an entirely new dynamic in the battle between president obama and mitt romney. the republican nominee is widely seen as the winner of last night's debate while even the president's strongest supporters now concede he was not at the top of his game. and now the president is back out there on the campaign trail. he's getting ready to speak at a rally over at the university of wisconsin in madison. we're going to be hearing from him live this hour. but first, listen to what he said about mitt romney at a rally earlier today before he left denver. >> when i got on to the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. [ l
he's about to speak in madison, wisconsin. we're going to hear from him live this hour as he tries to recover. also, we'll hear live from mitt romney. he's now campaigning with new energy and momentum after his showing in the debate last night. plus, big bird thrust into campaign politics and on the defensive. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> only 33 days to election and an entirely new dynamic in the battle between president obama and mitt romney. the...
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two letters saying by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin. we sent millions of dollars. you know why he -- >> you did ask for stimulus money, correct? >> sure he did. >> on two occasions, we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that's what we do. we do that for all constituents who are applying for grants. >> i love that. >> turns out that biden was wrong. ryan did not make two requests. he made at least four. that's a fact check i'm sure joe is really upset about. the rest of it he probably wants to hear nothing about. john, you have been looking into this. paul ryan has been criticizing green pork for awhile but he also asked for money to create green jobs. some people might say this is practical. others might say hypocritical. >> that's where the line is. when the green pork was being given out, paul ryan went right up to the trough and asked for his. this is part of the problem of being a congressman. the part of being a member of congress is requesting money for your constituents. an ideological fiscal conservative l
two letters saying by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin. we sent millions of dollars. you know why he -- >> you did ask for stimulus money, correct? >> sure he did. >> on two occasions, we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that's what we do. we do that for all constituents who are applying for grants. >> i love that. >> turns out that biden was wrong. ryan did not make two requests. he...
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come over to the heartland, in the state of ohio, you see here, again, he was down a lot in wisconsin before the first presidential debate. that's paul ryan's home state. he's pulled into a statistical tie. this one's a bit more troublesome for the romney campaign. they are closer in ohio than before the first debate but still behind. the president has kept a small but steady lead in the state of ohio. that one's a bit of a problem for romney but he's at least closer from before the debate. after the debate, let me show you one more in the state of virginia. this state is critical to romney's scenario. he was down by a handful, in some polls even more before the first debate. now he's one point ahead. just quickly, i want to show why that matters. going into the first debate, republicans were starting to get very nervous about this, the electoral college map. when you look at the improved polling now, the romney scenario, three two one, is much more realistic. what is that? take the three states obama won, indiana, which leaned romney's way, north carolina which you would have to favo
come over to the heartland, in the state of ohio, you see here, again, he was down a lot in wisconsin before the first presidential debate. that's paul ryan's home state. he's pulled into a statistical tie. this one's a bit more troublesome for the romney campaign. they are closer in ohio than before the first debate but still behind. the president has kept a small but steady lead in the state of ohio. that one's a bit of a problem for romney but he's at least closer from before the debate....
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wisconsin, same poll. these states obviously pretty important to a path of victory as well. >> that's alarming to the romney campaign. an eight-point lead in one state, a six-point lead in another. these are taken right after the debate where the president had a lot more energy. let's see if the president's bounce holds. walk back over, wolf, show you. in this calculation if i gave florida to romney and north carolina to romney, if those iowa and wisconsin numbers hold and say the president were to get these two states in the midwest, what happens then? the president then is at 253, governor romney 235. and this is the calculation, this is the big fight in the campaign. if the president's doing better in iowa, doing better in wisconsin, what else is jumping out at you in the midwest? i just got off a plane an hour ago from the state of ohio. that's a state, wolf, where you look at the map, ohio come back to it in the conversation, the president's up two, maybe three, nobody disputes that. the romney campai
wisconsin, same poll. these states obviously pretty important to a path of victory as well. >> that's alarming to the romney campaign. an eight-point lead in one state, a six-point lead in another. these are taken right after the debate where the president had a lot more energy. let's see if the president's bounce holds. walk back over, wolf, show you. in this calculation if i gave florida to romney and north carolina to romney, if those iowa and wisconsin numbers hold and say the...
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you also saw a state judge do something similar in wisconsin. and then you also have a lot of other states where you said yes, there is going to be a voter i.d. restriction, but will also allow a sworn affidavit to be used in lieu of voter i.d. there are many voter i.d. laws that were actually precleared by the justice department and a small handful that were not and those that were not have basically been suspended. there are other legitimate concerns about voting. for example, in florida, there was a purge of the voter registration rules, that is a real concern. and also in ohio, there's a lot of controversy about whether or not the voter laws are going to be consistent across the state and also about whether or not if you're sent to the wrong precinct table, if your vote will be counted. that's still a live battle. but on voter i.d. in particular, you've seen a lot of moves that are going to protect a lot of the voters that maria is concerned about. >> let me ask you -- certainly a lot of people are concerned about that. but i also want to ta
you also saw a state judge do something similar in wisconsin. and then you also have a lot of other states where you said yes, there is going to be a voter i.d. restriction, but will also allow a sworn affidavit to be used in lieu of voter i.d. there are many voter i.d. laws that were actually precleared by the justice department and a small handful that were not and those that were not have basically been suspended. there are other legitimate concerns about voting. for example, in florida,...
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here we are milking cows in racine county, wisconsin. what are we doing in a place that offers such delicious dairy delicacies? this is a county and state in play in a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed her since grover cleveland was president. marsha rank and linda nelson have run the family dairy for 16 years. >> right underneath. >> reporter: twice a day, 3:00 a.m. and p.m. they milk their 80 cows. >> this is a first. >> reporter: they want to expand but it's pricey, and credit tight. their biggest concern, government debt acting like an anchor on the economy. either of you made up your mind about who you're going to vote for? >> i have a pretty good idea. >> yeah. >> reporter: but still could change it? >> could change it. >> anything could change. >> reporter: so what is it they want from the white house? >> it's going to take someone that wants to strap on their big boy boots and really take charge and say look, we are in a world of hurt. we need change. >> reporter: voters her
here we are milking cows in racine county, wisconsin. what are we doing in a place that offers such delicious dairy delicacies? this is a county and state in play in a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed her since grover cleveland was president. marsha rank and linda nelson have run the family dairy for 16 years. >> right underneath. >> reporter: twice a day, 3:00 a.m. and p.m. they milk their 80 cows. >> this is a first....
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two letters saying by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin. we sent millions of dollars. >> you did ask for stimulus money. >> on two occasions, we advocated for applying for grants. it's what we do. we do that for all constituents. >> turns out biden was wrong. he made at least four. that's a fact check i'm sure joe is really upset about. the rest of them, he probably wants to hear nothing about, but this one, he probably does. paul ryan has been criticizing green pork for a while, but had also asked for money to create green jobs. some might say this is practi l practical, others hypocritical. >> joe biden went right up to the trough and asked for his. the part of being a member of congress is requesting money for your constituents. on the one hand, he's got to provide for his constituents. on the other hand, when he hits the campaign trial, his open accusations of hypocrisy, also because here's a guy who spent his entire adult life working in government. it's a tricky line. >> so, how much does this hurt paul ryan? you might not want the s
two letters saying by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin. we sent millions of dollars. >> you did ask for stimulus money. >> on two occasions, we advocated for applying for grants. it's what we do. we do that for all constituents. >> turns out biden was wrong. he made at least four. that's a fact check i'm sure joe is really upset about. the rest of them, he probably wants to hear nothing about, but this one, he probably...
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with a gentleman and he is a gentleman, a gentleman from wisconsin, congressman ryan, who -- no. i hardly agree with anything he says, but i want to tell you i think he's a decent guy. and he has a beautiful family. and he's a great husband and father. and for that i have great respect for him. [ applause ] but you know anyone who watched that debate i don't think there's any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for america. and quite frankly a fundamentally different value set. and the fact is that the differences that we have about the future of this country are quite frankly profound. they're as profound as any difference as any presidential campaign that i've observed that i've been involved in. and the truth is that i think people were listening. and if they were, they know what some of those differences are. and they know how those differences can fundamentally affect the direction of this country. >> let's dig a little deeper right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger. are you surprised
with a gentleman and he is a gentleman, a gentleman from wisconsin, congressman ryan, who -- no. i hardly agree with anything he says, but i want to tell you i think he's a decent guy. and he has a beautiful family. and he's a great husband and father. and for that i have great respect for him. [ applause ] but you know anyone who watched that debate i don't think there's any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for...
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i was in wisconsin yesterday. been in ohio practically of other day. i'll tell you what, people in kenosha, wisconsin, and ohio don't feel better off today than they were four years ago, and they don't think this president has been very good at following through on his promises. that's what this is going to come down to, and i'll tell you what, last week you saw the difference. an unfiltered mitt romney and an unfiltered barack obama. you saw inspiration, heart, preparedness from mitt romney, and you saw a president that came in unprepared, uninspiring. you know what, maybe clint eastwood was right, and i think that's what the american people saw last week. >> let me ask you about the -- we have some idea of the democrats fundraising in september. the totally, the re-election campaign as well as the democratic committee. $180 million in september. that's 1.8 million individual doneors, 567,000 first-time done ovrz. that's ab impressive number. are you going to match it? >> i don't know if we're going to match it, but it is an impressive number. >> are
i was in wisconsin yesterday. been in ohio practically of other day. i'll tell you what, people in kenosha, wisconsin, and ohio don't feel better off today than they were four years ago, and they don't think this president has been very good at following through on his promises. that's what this is going to come down to, and i'll tell you what, last week you saw the difference. an unfiltered mitt romney and an unfiltered barack obama. you saw inspiration, heart, preparedness from mitt romney,...
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this is lacrosse, wisconsin, let me say it again, this is home turf for his opponent, paul ryan. we're going to sneak a quick break in. as soon as we see joe biden, we'll take him live. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in our teachers... ...so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> lacrosse, wisconsin, the vice president, i was just told the crowd booed as he started talking debate and mentioned the words paul ryan. let's listen. >> anyone who watched that debate, i don't think there is any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for america and quite frankly a fundamentally different value set. and the fact is that the differences that we have about the future of this country are quite frankly profound, as profound as any dif
this is lacrosse, wisconsin, let me say it again, this is home turf for his opponent, paul ryan. we're going to sneak a quick break in. as soon as we see joe biden, we'll take him live. when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...you see they all have something very interesting in common. they have teachers... ...with a deeper knowledge of their subjects. as a result, their students achieve at a higher level. let's develop more stars in education. let's invest in...
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they're from the same distribute in wisconsin and they're both young and grew up together in wisconsin politics. >> we've seen rand paul, as well and other elected officials. what are you watching for tonight? you've got roughly 25 minutes before this officially gets under way, the actual debate. >> the thing i love is you can say you're watching for something, but i feel like at the end of the night, whatever happens is nothing that we could have necessarily predicted. so that is the beauty of it. but right now what i'm looking for, i'm looking toward the foreign policy section of this. you have joe biden, who really has a leg up when it comes to foreign policy, having been the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and paul ryan doesn't have that experience, but at the same time, the obama-biden ticket is so vulnerable when it comes to libya. i want to see how he handles that. >> it was interesting hearing mitt romney talk about paul ryan's lack of experience. >> exactly. obviously they're in a much, much smaller scale. and a tiny little stage compared to what is going to
they're from the same distribute in wisconsin and they're both young and grew up together in wisconsin politics. >> we've seen rand paul, as well and other elected officials. what are you watching for tonight? you've got roughly 25 minutes before this officially gets under way, the actual debate. >> the thing i love is you can say you're watching for something, but i feel like at the end of the night, whatever happens is nothing that we could have necessarily predicted. so that is...
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>>> if you didn't catch last night's grudge match between the scranton scrapper and the wisconsin whiz kid, i guess we should have put up a spoiler alert at the top of the hour. about 15 minutes from now -- nine minutes give or take four minutes, we're going to reair the whole one-on-one. the debate of the running mates. it starts in just a couple of minutes. debate 2012. hold on because you're going to see a lot more of this. joe biden democratic incumbent versus the gop challenger paul ryan start to finish as it happened, no interruptions, about the until then i want to bring in the mainstay of the cnn debate coverage and our big-time political go-to guy in general wolf blitzer. wolf, i'm going to start off brady bunch style with three words. martha, martha, martha. i know it's marcia, marcia, marcia, but martha radditz was really quite something to watch. i want to show a quick clip of her work and ask you something on the other side. >> this is a bunch of stuff. look, here's the deal -- >> what does that mean, a bunch of stuff? >> well, it means it's simply inaccurate. >> it's iris
>>> if you didn't catch last night's grudge match between the scranton scrapper and the wisconsin whiz kid, i guess we should have put up a spoiler alert at the top of the hour. about 15 minutes from now -- nine minutes give or take four minutes, we're going to reair the whole one-on-one. the debate of the running mates. it starts in just a couple of minutes. debate 2012. hold on because you're going to see a lot more of this. joe biden democratic incumbent versus the gop challenger...
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i'm from janesville, wisconsin. you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is? it's 10%. the day you came into office it was 8. 5%. that's how it's going all around america. >> that's not how it is, it's going down. >> did they inherit a tough situation? absolutely. but we're going in the wrong direction. look at where we are. the economy is barely limping along. it's growing at 1.3%. that's slower than last year and last year was slower than the year before. job growth in september was slower than it was in august and august was slower than july. we're heading in the wrong direction. 23 million americans are struggling for work today. 15% of americans are living in poverty today. this is not what a real recovery looks like. we need real reforms and that's what we're proposing. it's a five point plan. get america energy independent by the end of the decade. help people that are hurting get the skills to get the job they want. make trade work for america so we can make more things in america. and sell them overseas and champion small businesses. don't raise taxes on small
i'm from janesville, wisconsin. you know what the unemployment rate in scranton is? it's 10%. the day you came into office it was 8. 5%. that's how it's going all around america. >> that's not how it is, it's going down. >> did they inherit a tough situation? absolutely. but we're going in the wrong direction. look at where we are. the economy is barely limping along. it's growing at 1.3%. that's slower than last year and last year was slower than the year before. job growth in...
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here we are milking cows in wisconsin. this is a county and state in play, in a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed here since grover cleveland was president. they have run the family dairy for 16 years. >> right underneath. >> reporter: twice a days, 3 a.m. and p.m., they milk their 80 cows. they want to expand but government debt is acting like an anchor on the economy. >> have either of you made up your mind about who you're going to vote for? >> i have a pretty good idea. >> reporter: but still could change it? >> could change it. anything could change. >> reporter: so what is it they want out of a white house? >> going to take someone who wants to strap on their big boy boots and really take charge and say we are in a world of hurt, we need change. >> voters here take elections seriously. turnout is high and most voters independent. to give you an idea of just how swinging wisconsin is, these counties voted for george bush in 2000 and 2004. those same counties vote
here we are milking cows in wisconsin. this is a county and state in play, in a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed here since grover cleveland was president. they have run the family dairy for 16 years. >> right underneath. >> reporter: twice a days, 3 a.m. and p.m., they milk their 80 cows. they want to expand but government debt is acting like an anchor on the economy. >> have either of you made up your mind about who...
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and paul in wisconsin 65% for mitt romney, 59% for barack obama. so clearly in those three battleground states they think romney has stronger leadership qualities than the president does. >> well, that's what comes from having a strong debate. but notice this was a gain for romney much more than a loss for president obama. i think that's really unusual about this last debate. romney helped himself, there's no doubt. he eroded the president's lead, but he didn't really erode the president's position. in other words, people still like the president, they support the president. if the election were held today, he'd still win. it would be a lot closer than a week or two ago. these internals do matter. and it's wise i think we're highlighting strong leader. look at things like cares about me, for the middle class. let's see if what president clinton was saying a minute ago starts to catch on. if people start to believe this guy's a phony, and i think he is, that's going to really hurt romney on that leadership dimension. he had a good debate, but while
and paul in wisconsin 65% for mitt romney, 59% for barack obama. so clearly in those three battleground states they think romney has stronger leadership qualities than the president does. >> well, that's what comes from having a strong debate. but notice this was a gain for romney much more than a loss for president obama. i think that's really unusual about this last debate. romney helped himself, there's no doubt. he eroded the president's lead, but he didn't really erode the...
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ten in wisconsin, paul ryan's state. six in iowa. governor romney would have to win one of them. if the president is winning ohio, his team is also confident he'll be winning wisconsin and most likely iowa. but as you see, it's not impossible for governor romney, but you'd have to say it's improbable. >> thank you, john king. >>> he is a music legend. graham nash is using his star power to shine the spotlight on accused wikileaks source bradley manning. i'm going to ask him why in a live interview next. s. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. with snapshot, i knew what i could save before i switched to progressive. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. you're not filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot from progressive. test-drive snapshot before you switch. visit progressive.com today. but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and redu
ten in wisconsin, paul ryan's state. six in iowa. governor romney would have to win one of them. if the president is winning ohio, his team is also confident he'll be winning wisconsin and most likely iowa. but as you see, it's not impossible for governor romney, but you'd have to say it's improbable. >> thank you, john king. >>> he is a music legend. graham nash is using his star power to shine the spotlight on accused wikileaks source bradley manning. i'm going to ask him why...
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but let's begin with wisconsin. democratic senator, retiring, the national republican senatorial committee has now put out this ad that compares the congressional voting record of the democratic base to nancy pelosi. what is the point? >> it is a tried and true strategy for the republicans to tie any democrat to the democratic leader nancy pelosi. let's start with the republican in the race, tommy thompson. governor of wisconsin for 13 years. really popular back then. republicans were hoping that because of that him as their candidate would make this a relatively easy pickup for republicans. especially since as you mentioned the democratic candidate who is the congresswoman, tammy baldwin, she's relatively liberal and she's from the ultra liberal college town of madison, which isn't necessarily how the entire electorate of wisconsin which tends to be more conservative, that is really one of the main arguments from the republicans against her. listen to this ad. >> can we really trust tammy baldwin? baldwin pledged t
but let's begin with wisconsin. democratic senator, retiring, the national republican senatorial committee has now put out this ad that compares the congressional voting record of the democratic base to nancy pelosi. what is the point? >> it is a tried and true strategy for the republicans to tie any democrat to the democratic leader nancy pelosi. let's start with the republican in the race, tommy thompson. governor of wisconsin for 13 years. really popular back then. republicans were...
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. >> reporter: the billboards have been popping up in cities in ohio and wisconsin, 85 in milwaukee, 30 in columbus, another 30 in cleveland, and 31 in cincinnati. >> take it down! >> reporter: protests started almost as soon as they went up, demanding the signs come down. >> this billboard is nothing but a symbol of pure, unadulterated voter suppression, to target an african-american community. >> reporter: but the two advertising companies that sold the space, clear channel and norton outdoor, say the buyer was not out to target minorities. >> there was no requests for any specific demographic target at all. they wanted the best locations they could get for those four weeks leading up to the election. >> reporter: the big mystery is, who's behind them? the billboard itself does not tell. it reads, "paid for by a private family foundation" and neither company will say who that is. after declining an on-camera interview, here's what clear channel wrote to cnn. "the advertiser put into the contract to remain anonymous. it is our policy to require advertisers, including political adver
. >> reporter: the billboards have been popping up in cities in ohio and wisconsin, 85 in milwaukee, 30 in columbus, another 30 in cleveland, and 31 in cincinnati. >> take it down! >> reporter: protests started almost as soon as they went up, demanding the signs come down. >> this billboard is nothing but a symbol of pure, unadulterated voter suppression, to target an african-american community. >> reporter: but the two advertising companies that sold the space,...
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this local news anker from wisconsin gave a four-minute smackdown to a nasty fan. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide to help you better understand what medicare is all about. and which aarp medicare su
this local news anker from wisconsin gave a four-minute smackdown to a nasty fan. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still...
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it's going to be very close, but in the end, i think iowa and ohio and wisconsin are going to be our line, if you will. in the sand, and they're going to help the president get re-elected. >> do you think the president should put forward new ideas -- excuse me, new ideas, new thoughts, or just simply continue as is? in other words, do you bring in a new campaign tactic now or it's two weeks, let's just focus on what we said and hold on? >> i think you have to focus on the plan forward. as an example, on his plan to cut the deficit by $4 trillion, but to do so in a way that is very similar to the simpson-bowles framework which says you have to cut spending but you also have to raise revenues. that's why he doesn't want to extend the bush tax cuts. he want to keep them where they were during the clinton administration when we went from deficits to surplus. and created 23 million jobs. according to moody analytics, if we stay the path, we will create 12 million jobs in the next four years. he's got to talk about why obama care is good for the american people. he's got to talk about the
it's going to be very close, but in the end, i think iowa and ohio and wisconsin are going to be our line, if you will. in the sand, and they're going to help the president get re-elected. >> do you think the president should put forward new ideas -- excuse me, new ideas, new thoughts, or just simply continue as is? in other words, do you bring in a new campaign tactic now or it's two weeks, let's just focus on what we said and hold on? >> i think you have to focus on the plan...
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the former governor of wisconsin now running for the senate seat. this is the response from tommy thompson's campaign, communications director. the governor has addressed this with his son, just like any father would do. jason thompson said something he should not have, and he apologizes. and, again, that was jason thompson, the son of tommy thompson, the former health and human services secretary, the former wisconsin govern and current candidate for the senate seat. i want to reiterate that the former governor was not at that brunch at that fall republican brunch in kenosha, wisconsin, and has put out that apology. we'll be right back. five days l, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a
the former governor of wisconsin now running for the senate seat. this is the response from tommy thompson's campaign, communications director. the governor has addressed this with his son, just like any father would do. jason thompson said something he should not have, and he apologizes. and, again, that was jason thompson, the son of tommy thompson, the former health and human services secretary, the former wisconsin govern and current candidate for the senate seat. i want to reiterate that...
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should the folks in iowa, should the folks in wisconsin, which both states you've mentioned, should they be ready for a lot more love from both campaigns in the coming weeks? >> reporter: yes. i think it is impossible now to buy more tv time in ohio. the campaigns will find some way to figure it out, cable time, sports programming, but in time of the noon news or 6:00 news, that time is sold out. i'm in virginia now. this state is 50/50. the romney campaign believes it is trending their way. if you just take a worse case scenario for president obama, and let's say governor romney wins florida, governor romney gets north carolina, virginia back to its republican dna and romney wins virginia, you say here comes romney, here comes romney. the president can stop him if right now he's ahead in wisconsin, he's ahead in ohio, ahead in the public polls in iowa, the romney campaign says that's a dead heat. if the president can hold ohio it almost impossible, not impossible, but almost impossible for governor romney to get to 270. i suspect we got two weeks to go. vice president biden will be payi
should the folks in iowa, should the folks in wisconsin, which both states you've mentioned, should they be ready for a lot more love from both campaigns in the coming weeks? >> reporter: yes. i think it is impossible now to buy more tv time in ohio. the campaigns will find some way to figure it out, cable time, sports programming, but in time of the noon news or 6:00 news, that time is sold out. i'm in virginia now. this state is 50/50. the romney campaign believes it is trending their...
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easily carry wisconsin. now there's this new marquette law school poll showing likely voters in wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, obama 49%, romney 48%, it's really, really tight. is that what your numbers are showing as well? >> well, wolf, we always knew wisconsin would be harder this year than it was four years ago. we won by 14 points four years ago. and the republicans have been trying to make a lot about the fact that paul ryan's a native son. he's been practically camped out there for weeks since he was named as the running mate. but we're going to compete there for every vote. we feel that the president's message of fighting for manufacturing jobs, fighting for the middle class is really going to resonate in wisconsin. we have a great ground game there in wisconsin. we feel it's going to be in the win column on election day. >> it seems to be tightening right now in michigan and pennsylvania as well. are you guys advertising -- is the campaign advertising in those two states? >> we are not. and i wi
easily carry wisconsin. now there's this new marquette law school poll showing likely voters in wisconsin, paul ryan's home state, obama 49%, romney 48%, it's really, really tight. is that what your numbers are showing as well? >> well, wolf, we always knew wisconsin would be harder this year than it was four years ago. we won by 14 points four years ago. and the republicans have been trying to make a lot about the fact that paul ryan's a native son. he's been practically camped out there...
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we saw that from the president in wisconsin. i was with him in ohio as well, where the president came out swinging, hitting mitt romney on taxes. you heard him repeat at every stop the whole big bird line, he even repeated that over the weekend at a couple campaign events in los angeles, brought up the 47%, which is something the president did not touch on at all during the debate. but also, you see in the campaign, pushing back hard like today, responding even before mitt romney made his speech on foreign policy, they had a couple of ads ready to go and then put together a conference call with campaign officials and also madeleine albright, former secretary of state and they are saying he's erratic, unsteady, irresponsible, something the campaign was not as quick to do in the past but post-debate, a much more aggressive tone from the campaign. >> jim, you have been following governor romney for a long time. have you seen a marked -- you talk about a smile he has on the campaign trail. have you seen a big difference in how he's
we saw that from the president in wisconsin. i was with him in ohio as well, where the president came out swinging, hitting mitt romney on taxes. you heard him repeat at every stop the whole big bird line, he even repeated that over the weekend at a couple campaign events in los angeles, brought up the 47%, which is something the president did not touch on at all during the debate. but also, you see in the campaign, pushing back hard like today, responding even before mitt romney made his...
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jennifer livingston who works at news 8 in wisconsin calls it a lesson on bullying. >> and here is where i want all of us to learn something from this. if you didn't already know, october is national antibullying month. and this is a problem that is growing every day in our schools and on the internet. >> that was just a portion of the video. livingston took that nasty viewer to task for four minutes. four minutes she went off on her. >> i think i might be in love with jennifer livingston. good for her. i'm going to start doing that with my -- today i want to respond to -- look at her. that was so good. >> when i respond to folks, soledad's like, did you hit them back on twitter? you have to -- >> don't do it on twitter. do it on tv. >> did she call them? you should say, i have an e-mail for so and so and then put it online. >> good for you, jennifer. i support you. that's a great lesson. i'm going to leave a section at the end of the show for that. >> are you talking about soledad's shoes? get at them, soledad. >>> take a look at this picture. a terrible plane crash. it's not an acciden
jennifer livingston who works at news 8 in wisconsin calls it a lesson on bullying. >> and here is where i want all of us to learn something from this. if you didn't already know, october is national antibullying month. and this is a problem that is growing every day in our schools and on the internet. >> that was just a portion of the video. livingston took that nasty viewer to task for four minutes. four minutes she went off on her. >> i think i might be in love with...
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. >> let's bring in republican senator ron johnson who is from wisconsin, just like paul ryan. nice to see you. you were watching in the surrogate room. >> right. >> what was it like back there? were you yelling at the tv? >> people were a little frustrated with joe biden's rudeness, quite honestly. come on, let paul answer the question. >> republican people. >> exactly. well i think vice president biden was under an awful lot of pressure to make up for really president obama's very poor performance, so -- >> and -- his failed performance. my guess is he was appealing to the base. you know, the occupy wall street crowd, and maybe that resonated with them. i don't think that really resonated particularly well with women. >> when you look at the cnn polls it shows it was pretty much a draw, paul ryan 48%. joe biden 44%. but of course the sampling error is plus or minus 5% which would make it right down the middle there. and then if you look at favorability, same cnn poll shows that you really didn't move the, the needle on that when it came to people who are watching the debate.
. >> let's bring in republican senator ron johnson who is from wisconsin, just like paul ryan. nice to see you. you were watching in the surrogate room. >> right. >> what was it like back there? were you yelling at the tv? >> people were a little frustrated with joe biden's rudeness, quite honestly. come on, let paul answer the question. >> republican people. >> exactly. well i think vice president biden was under an awful lot of pressure to make up for...
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back then i'll remind folks it was mitt romney who was six points behind in wisconsin, and four points behind in virginia, in colorado it was kind of neck and neck. but, but that's really different than what we're seeing right now. do you ee essentially that what you wrote back then has pretty much come true? >> well, you know, i said that he dug a pretty deep hole but we could still see his shovel. and the reason i said that is because i remember in 2000, when the bush campaign was down three to five points before the debates, and yet the debates offered an opportunity for us to scrape our way back up, and i think what's happening now is the debates are more important than ever, because voters have become so cynical about what they see in advertising, and all the white noise out there, so the debates i think create an authentic opportunity for voters to really see the candidates unscripted. you know, out of the coaching. on their own. which i think is -- has become something that's really important for voters to see and hence that's why we're seeing the large movement in numbers. so t
back then i'll remind folks it was mitt romney who was six points behind in wisconsin, and four points behind in virginia, in colorado it was kind of neck and neck. but, but that's really different than what we're seeing right now. do you ee essentially that what you wrote back then has pretty much come true? >> well, you know, i said that he dug a pretty deep hole but we could still see his shovel. and the reason i said that is because i remember in 2000, when the bush campaign was down...
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. >> reporter: the billboards are popping up in cities in ohio and wisconsin. 85 in milwaukee, 30 in columbus, another 30 in cleveland and 31 in cincinnati. >> take it down! >> reporter: protests started almost as soon as they went up, demanding the signs come down. >> this billboard is nothing but a simple of pure unadulterated voter suppression to target an african-american community. >> reporter: the two advertising companies that sold the space, clear channel and norton outdoors, say the buyer was not out to target minorities. >> there was no request for any specific demographic target at all. they wanted the best locations they could get for the four weeks leading up to the election. >> reporter: the bigamistry is who's behind them? the big board itself does not tell. it reads paid for by a private family foundation and neither company will say who that is. after declining an on camera interview, here's what clear channel wrote to cnn. "the advertiser put into the contract to remain anonymous. it is our policy to require advertisers including political advertisers to have discla
. >> reporter: the billboards are popping up in cities in ohio and wisconsin. 85 in milwaukee, 30 in columbus, another 30 in cleveland and 31 in cincinnati. >> take it down! >> reporter: protests started almost as soon as they went up, demanding the signs come down. >> this billboard is nothing but a simple of pure unadulterated voter suppression to target an african-american community. >> reporter: the two advertising companies that sold the space, clear channel...
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. >> a news anchor in wisconsin took on a viewer who personally attacked her in an e-mail and used it as an attention to call it to bullying. the viewer accused jennifer livingston of being a poor example to young girls. why? because she's overweight. she said while the e-mail was hurtful to her, she's more concerned about children who are bullied. >> if you are at home and you were talking about the fat news lady, guess what? your children are probably going to go to school and call someone fat. we need to teach our kids how to be kind, not critical. and we need to do that by example. >> atta girl! that was fantastic. livingston also said she was comforted so many people reached out to support her with very kind words once that e-mail was made public. >> don't mess with news anchors. >> that's right. >>> time to take you down, down to toon town. the corporate network is celebrating its 20th network with a video showing you the evolution of toon. take a look. >> ah! >> zoinks! >> now the network launched in 1992 with the $320 million purchase of the library and that includes tom and j
. >> a news anchor in wisconsin took on a viewer who personally attacked her in an e-mail and used it as an attention to call it to bullying. the viewer accused jennifer livingston of being a poor example to young girls. why? because she's overweight. she said while the e-mail was hurtful to her, she's more concerned about children who are bullied. >> if you are at home and you were talking about the fat news lady, guess what? your children are probably going to go to school and...
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president leading in wisconsin. the romney campaign says it will fight to the end. if those two polls which had bigger leads than most other battleground states are dead heats. these two had bigger leads for the president. if those hold, look at this, those two states would get the president to 253. if he wins ohio, he's over the top. you could make the argument, the president just camp out in the midwest. if he wins these three states, he win the election. if governor romney wins it, the president would still have more options to get there. the state of florida is a huge factor. it's the biggest battleground left on the map. if we say advantage romney here, most people think advantage romney in north carolina. but this is the big one in ohio, if the president could take this away from governor romney -- if the president wins these states here f he wins wisconsin and he wins iowa and he wins ohio, he's over the top. the only way for romney to do it would not only to be able to sweep the rest of the battlegrounds but to take something back, get pennsylvania or michig
president leading in wisconsin. the romney campaign says it will fight to the end. if those two polls which had bigger leads than most other battleground states are dead heats. these two had bigger leads for the president. if those hold, look at this, those two states would get the president to 253. if he wins ohio, he's over the top. you could make the argument, the president just camp out in the midwest. if he wins these three states, he win the election. if governor romney wins it, the...
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republicans say it is going the hit the democratic voters hard and legislative leaders in pennsylvania and wisconsin say it will help mitt romney, and the way to compensate this and overcome it is by voter education. and voter galvanizing, because it has to rise above the partisanship, because it is the essence of the democracy. we will stand up to this as we did in opposition to poll tax, and other devices to block people voting because of race or creed or color. >> robert, you are an expert in public relations, media strategies and basically an expert on how things look. so i want to ask you about the optics of the vice presidential debate and a lot of talk of that and the substance, and what do you believe that the voters took away from optics and the content of the vp debates? >> well, putting aside the topics, but nobody will win. and in fact, the gallup organization has been researching since 1896, and each party did their job. joe biden took my party out of group therapy as the result of the first debate and reenergizing and mobilizing the democrats to be activate and focused on what the issu
republicans say it is going the hit the democratic voters hard and legislative leaders in pennsylvania and wisconsin say it will help mitt romney, and the way to compensate this and overcome it is by voter education. and voter galvanizing, because it has to rise above the partisanship, because it is the essence of the democracy. we will stand up to this as we did in opposition to poll tax, and other devices to block people voting because of race or creed or color. >> robert, you are an...